Originally from Hong Kong, chef Ngan Ping Chow has overseen the restaurant’s recent reinvention, helping it win its first Michelin star in December 2014. The former head chef of Hong Kong’s lauded one-thirtyone restaurant moved to Japan in 2013, spending months learning about the country’s rich, diverse produce before taking the helm of Tapas Molecular Bar. Having honed his now-celebrated molecular cooking techniques whilst working with Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong’s Executive Chef, Uwe Opocensky, Chef Ngan Ping Chow brings artful food and a sense of theatre to one of the city’s best restaurants, Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo’s Tapas Molecular Bar.